THE RISE OF AI GOVERNMENT

14 – 15 April 2020 | kuala lumpur

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ABOUT BIGITGOV 2020

THE RISE OF AI GOVERNMENT

The notion that AI can be exploited to develop autonomous weapons is very real. But just because we are able to create these terminators, it does not mean we should weaponize AI.

The pervasiveness of artificial intelligence, from image recognition to natural language processing, will augment government’s potential – from transportation and fighting terrorism, to education and healthcare.

On the flip side, as progress in AI accelerates from narrow intelligence (specializing in singular tasks) to general intelligence (being as smart as humans), its ethical usage – for instance, whether government should use it to build smart weapons for warfare – has become a key area of debate.

These are just a few of the many outstanding presentations you will hear in BIGIT GOV 2020.

ThemedThe Rise of AI Government, BIGIT GOV 2020 aptly describes the current state of big data and AI adoption among Asian governments. We are beginning to discover many high-value advanced analytics and AI-augmented solutions that are catalysts to government transformation.

Come join us for BIGIT GOV 2020. Listen to how AI will power super-intelligent societies and precision agriculture. Be impressed by how AI-equipped financial regulators detect dirty money. Be assured by how data science and AI will keep an eye on child abuse.

Come join us in lively panel discussions on whether AI can think creatively, and whether government should play a pivotal role in addressing data and AI ethics.

Victor Lo

Ren Yin Tai

Cha-Ly Koh

Founder & CEO, Urbanmetry Sdn Bhd

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Cha-Ly is the Founder and CEO of Urbanmetry Sdn Bhd, a data company that cleans and analyses large amounts of city data, through its proprietary algorithms. Trained in city
planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, Cha-Ly hopes to help governments, city planners, corporations and urban dwellers by providing insights
into the city with big data. Since its founding, Urbanmetry has provided intelligence to various listed companies and government agencies including Sime Darby Property, Sunway
Property, UEM Sunrise, Naza TTDI and so on.

Andy Roy Sian

General Manager PaynGo, Blockchain Centre of Excellence and ICT, Malaysia Economic Development Berhad

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Andy Roy Sian is a public sector and digital transformation expert, facilitating large institutions pivot to Industrial Revolution 4.0. An Information Technology graduate with more than 16 years work experience in various capacities and performing roles such as Business & Strategy Development, Sales & Account Management, Strategic Partnership & Alliances, Web Design & Development, Program Management, Business Intelligence, Operations and Support. He was formerly the Director of Business Development, Public Sector for NEM Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEM.io Foundation, a global Blockchain technology organization, Assistant Vice President at POS Malaysia’s e-Commerce unit, Manager of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad’s Business Intelligence and Data Management Unit, Commercial Services division, and has managerial experience in various roles leading digital transformations.

Andy’s specialty lies in leading large institutional transformation, especially in the public and GLC sector. He led the charge to ready large corporations’ pivot to the digital economy and has a deep understanding of the multiple layers of stakeholders involved in any transformation process.

Andy is passionate about bringing Malaysia and Southeast Asia to the next digital revolution, and as such has been heavily involved in creating a vibrant Blockchain ecosystem within Malaysia.

General Manager PaynGo, Blockchain Centre of Excellence and ICT, Malaysia Economic Development Berhad

AGENDA

DAY 1 | 14 APRIL 2020

8:00AM | REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

8:55AM | WELCOMING REMARKS

A utopian view of a super-smart society where economic value creation and resolving social issues are well balanced by the seamless integration of both virtual and physical worlds. Listen to this expert presentation that transports us beyond the 4th Industrial Revolution. Humans Version 5.0 is about freedom and liberation – a people-centered society – complemented by robotics and AI.

9:30AM | AI will revolutionize cyberspace defence (but it will also transform cybercrime)

EXPERT PRESENTATION: CyberSecurity

The ability of AI to analyse and correlate vast amounts of data to rapidly recognize cyber threats is a boon to governments and industries. But, there is also a flip side to AI’s power to thwart cyberattacks. Listen to this expert presentation on how hackers are also weaponizing AI and using it for large-scale, automated cyber assaults.

Victor LoHead of CyberSecurity, MDEC

10:00AM | RESERVED SLOT

10:30AM | MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00AM | Islamic civilization in the era of intelligent machines

EXPERT PRESENTATION: AI and Islam

As we approach the technological singularity where AI can potentially exceed humans in intelligence, we could very well witness the creation of a new God. The AI God. What is Islam’s stand on AI as it moves from narrow to general intelligence, and ultimately to superintelligence? Listen to this expert presentation on how Muslims can play a crucial role in adopting AI and making sure AI operates within the framework of Islamic ethics even as it approaches humans in its intelligence.

Rashidi YahayaChief of StaffASEAN Mosque Festival

11:30AM | Reserved for MAMPU

12:00PM | Robots and AI in agriculture: A giant leap toward producing more with less

EXPERT PRESENTATION: SMART FARMING

Conventional farming supplies the same amounts of water and fertilizer to all the plants in the field even though each plant sucks up nutrients differently. Precision agriculture helps planters personalise farming. Listen to this expert presentation on how AI is used by farmers to determine how, when and where to plant, water, fertilize and harvest – to maximize crop yield.

Ren Yin TaiCo-Founder, Binsho Solutions

12:30PM | NETWORKING LUNCH SESSION

The Malaysian Health Data Warehouse (MyHDW) was conceived as a single source of truth for healthcare data from public and private clinics and hospitals. To date, data on 60 million patient visits have been amassed. Listen to this expert presentation on how MyHDW is now in its next phase of deploying a virtual advanced analytics environment for evidence-based healthcare decision making.

2:30PM | RESERVED SLOT

3:00PM | AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:30PM |Keeping vehicles and people moving with predictive transportation

EXPERT PRESENTATION: MOBILITY UNDISRUPTED

Traffic jams cost billions in annual productivity losses. Predicting potential travel disruptions is vital to driving the country’s economy. Listen to this expert presentation on how we can transform vehicles, cameras, roads and highways into millions of traffic sensors. These sensors then pump data into AI models to forecast and lessen congestion, allowing us to move freely on our roads.

4:00PM |Panel Discussion: Can AI think creatively?

PANEL DISCUSSION

The AI we encounter today is narrow AI, programmed to perform very specific tasks it was trained for. But will AI one day encroach into the space that we consider uniquely human? Yes, we are referring to creativity. Join us in this panel discussion on what it means to be creative, and whether machines can ever truly be creative, in a human sense.

DAY 2 | 15 APRIL 2020

8:00AM | REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

8:55AM | WELCOMING back REMARKS

We worry about AI and robots stealing our jobs. But this fear is groundless. Listen to this expert presentation on how humans, in fact, can take advantage of AI as a tool to lift themselves out of mind-numbing, dirty, dangerous and repetitive tasks. And how we can exploit AI to augment our own intelligence. The only caveat? Don’t be complacent.

Dr Esther LooHead of Human Capital TransformationMalaysia Airlines

9:30AM | Confronting the possibility of AI-enabled terrorism and warfare

EXPERT PRESENTATION: WEAPONIZED AI

The notion that AI can be exploited to develop autonomous weapons is very real. But just because we are able to create these terminators, it does not mean we should weaponize AI. Listen to this expert presentation on how AI is making possible these autonomous killing machines and what could happen if this technology falls into the wrong hands.

10:00AM | RESERVED SLOT

10:30AM | MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00AM | How AI-powered financial regulators detect dirty money

KEYNOTE: FINANCIAL CRIME RISK

US$600 billion to US$1.5 trillion are laundered yearly. As money launderers become more savvy in their attempts to hide their ill-gotten gains, financial institutions must keep up their fight against this unlawful activity. Listen to this expert presentation on how the good guys use AI to tell the difference between typical transactions and suspicious bank behaviours

Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz

President, FinTech Association of Malaysia

11:30AM | Quantum computing and quantum breakthroughs

EXPERT PRESENTATION: QUANTUM COMPUTING PRIMER

Quantum computers can solve problems that current machines cannot. It can catalyze new discoveries in science, medicine and across multiple industries. But what exactly is quantum computing? Is this another potentially disruptive technology that we need to pay attention to? Listen to this expert presentation on how quantum computing makes use of quantum mechanics to greatly enhance how information is manipulated, and the opportunities available in government and industries.

Professor Dr. Mohamed Ridza

Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

12:00PM | In blockchain we trust. In others we track

CASE STUDY: BLOCKCHAIN IN GOVERNMENT

Government around the world are facing tremendous trust issues with stakeholders, especially in the areas of corruption. Enter blockchain. Is blockchain the “Blue Pill” for these trust issues? Listen to this expert presentation on how blockchain technology can be adopted and implemented in the public sector, injecting digital trust into existing processes. Use cases pertaining to key government functions like procurement, project management and monitoring, voting and land title deals will be discussed.

12:30PM | NETWORKING LUNCH SESSION

2:00PM | Stamping out property and housing inefficiencies with big data and AI

EXPERT PRESENTATION: CITIES DECODED

How do you improve city planning and guarantee sustainable urban ecosystems? An approach would be to ingest and analyse big city data – supported by AI. Listen to this expert presentation on how data and machine learning are applied to offer deep understanding of a city such as property market inefficiencies, and how these insights help developers and legislators make better decisions.

Cha-Ly KohCEO, Urban Metry

2:30PM | RESERVED SLOT

3:00PM | AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:30PM | AI IS ONLY AS DANGEROUS AS ITS MASTERMINDS

EXPERT PRESENTATION: ETHICAL AI

As AI technology quickly becomes embedded in every part of our lives numerous questions arise on issues of regulation and ethics at every stage of the process. How do we ensure data is fit for purpose? How do we treat inherent bias in data? Who should be accountable when AI systems fail? These questions become even more pertinent as the technology is implemented in critical government sectors such as immigration, law enforcement and the justice system. Listen to this expert presentation on the ethical considerations – fairness, trust, transparency, equality and accuracy – in processing data against a set of algorithms to make decisions about individuals, communities and society.

Darmain Segaran

Cofounder, Data Ethics Society of Asia (DESA)

4:00PM | Panel Discussion: Should governments play a pivotal role in addressing data and AI ethics?

PANEL DISCUSSION

Sensors and the internet amass a shocking amount of data from individuals. And as AI becomes more adept in processing this data to track everything about us, its ethical usage has become a key area of debate for businesses, individuals and governments. Join us in this panel discussion on whether prevailing laws are adequate or whether governments should step up their game in addressing data and AI ethics.